Pirdi

What it is

The rafting put-in on the Beas, 4 km and about 7 minutes below Kullu. A stretch of road with the operators' shacks on it, steps down to the water, and rafts stacked under tarpaulins. Nobody stays at Pirdi; they come down from the town or the camps upriver, spend an hour on the water, and go back.

The run

Short, cold and loud: the Beas here is snowmelt in a wide bed, and the standard run takes well under an hour before the boats pull out downstream. A run is typically ₹500–1,200 a person as of September 2026, generally with the drive back. Helmets and jackets come with the boat. You will get wet through, in any month.

When it runs, and when it does not

April to June and September to October are the months. Through the monsoon the river is high and brown — July brings 135.6 mm of rain at Bhuntar and August 129.4 mm — and the operators stop. That decision is made at the water on the day and it is the right one; a refused run in August is good judgement rather than bad service.

Around it

Kullu is 7 minutes back up the road for lunch and the bazaar. Raison, 15 km and 20 minutes above the town, is where the riverside camps are and the better place to sleep for a river trip. The ridge temple at Bijli Mahadev is the town's other half-day, from the road-end at Chansari. The two-day river plan strings all of it together.

Plans that include this

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1 night · 2 days · First visittemples-heritage

Two days in Kullu — the ridge temple on the first morning, the town, the river and the stone temple at Bajaura on the second

Two days in Kullu: the climb to Bijli Mahadev on the first morning, then Dhalpur, rafting at Pirdi and the stone temple at Bajaura, with measured road times.

Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Nov

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1 night · 2 days · FriendsAdventure

Two days on the Beas from Kullu — rafting at Pirdi, a night on the gravel at Raison and the confluence at Bhuntar

Two days on the Beas: a rafting run from Pirdi below Kullu, a night on the gravel bank at Raison and the Parvati confluence at Bhuntar, with prices and times.

Best Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct

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